Interstate Anti-Riot Act

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The Interstate Anti-Riot Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1968 that criminalizes traveling or using interstate commerce with intent to incite, organize, promote, or participate in riots.

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instanceOf United States federal statute
criminal law statute
alsoKnownAs Anti-Riot Act NERFINISHED
Federal Anti-Riot Act NERFINISHED
appliesIn foreign commerce
interstate commerce
appliesTo persons who travel in interstate or foreign commerce
persons who use any facility of interstate or foreign commerce
basedOnPower Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED
codifiedAt 18 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2102
constitutionalIssue First Amendment overbreadth concerns
freedom of speech
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criminalizes committing acts of violence in furtherance of a riot
encouraging a riot
organizing a riot
participating in a riot
promoting a riot
travel in interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot
use of interstate commerce facilities with intent to incite a riot
defines term "riot" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2102
enactedInYear 1968
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED
hasBeenChallengedIn federal appellate courts
hasBeenInterpretedTo exclude mere abstract advocacy of violence
hasSection 18 U.S.C. § 2101
18 U.S.C. § 2102
jurisdiction federal
legalCategory public order offense
legislativeContext enacted during period of civil unrest in the 1960s
maximumImprisonmentTerm 5 years
partOf Civil Rights Act of 1968 NERFINISHED
penaltyIncludes fine
imprisonment
requiresElement specific intent related to a riot
use of interstate or foreign commerce
requiresMensRea intent to incite, organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
subjectMatter interstate commerce
public order
riots

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Chicago Eight trial appliesToJurisdiction Interstate Anti-Riot Act